Viktor Brešan

I plan to gradually open-source everything I’ve created. Tech solutions expire fast, and one day I will too. Someone can pick up an open-source project and give it new life. This is a far better destiny for software than being forgotten and deleted.

#OpenSource #FutureOfSoftware #IndieDev #DevLife

GitHub - vbresan/Image_Converter: Convert images between formats: BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIF, WEBP. An android app targeting api version 30. Currently it does not work with newer devices that do not allo... Convert images between formats: BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIF, WEBP. An android app targeting api version 30. Currently it does not work with newer devices that do not allow direct filesystem access. - v...

Built Image Converter during a 2020 hackathon — a small Android app for converting image formats. It earned $22.50 in ads 😅 and is now open-sourced on GitHub as my 9th open-source Android app! 🎉

github.com/vbresan/Imag...

#AndroidDev #OpenSource #MobileApp #Hackathon #IndieDev #FOSS #BuildInPublic

Following advice, I promoted Worderer by posting daily gameplay clips from random past challenges. After a month of posting (31 videos), results are modest: <50 downloads, 9 installs, 4 active users. Daily posting didn’t boost visibility.

#IndieGameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #BuildInPublic

The prompt was:

"Please OCR the file for me. Except the first row with two numbers, there are only 4 different characters in the map (X, o, ., and -) and each row has the same length."

All failed OCR task: Google Docs, Free Online OCR service, LLMs Gemini, Copilot, Claude, Perplexity, Mistral, Grok, ChatGPT.

Any suggestions how to convert this? Please, someone stop me before I start building my own OCR script! 😅

🚀 One month since launch!
📥 Downloads: 10
👤 Daily Active Users: 0

Current marketing: posting in puzzle/game subreddits (most posts got auto-filtered 😅).

I’d love ideas on how to boost growth! Any tips or tricks are super welcome 🙏
#IndieDev #GameDev #AndroidGames #PuzzleGame #WordGames

Big milestone achieved today! So big that I made a meme about it.
#DevLife #ProgrammingHumor #CodeMemes #SoftwareEngineering #VersionControl #GitHub #SVN #CVS #SourceControl #MemesForDevs #NerdHumor #DeveloperProblems #SmallWins #Progress #MilestoneUnlocked #DeveloperJourney

In 2020 I built an app for a US Army hackathon—cancelled after SolarWinds. Threw it on Google Play, earned $4.28 😂 After 5 yrs I updated it. Celestial Illumination helps SAR, pilots, sailors, astronomers, farmers & adventurers.
play.google.com/store/apps/d...

#AndroidDev #Astronomy #Outdoors

Almost 2.5 years after open-sourcing it, I have decided to update Weather Forecast USA using Material Design 3. By the way, the app has made me $10.83 during that period, so my effort is more than justified! GitHub:
github.com/vbresan/Weat...

#opensource #androiddev #appdev #IndieDev #buildinpubic

🎮✨ Love #WordGames? Worderer is officially published yesterday on #Android 🎉
Transform a word step by step, changing 1 letter or shuffling them all. Ready for the challenge? 🧩🔤 Get the game at: worderer.com

#MobileGames #PuzzleGame #BrainTraining #MindGames #IndieGame #WordPuzzle #GameDev #IndieDev

🎮✨ Love #WordGames? Try Worderer, the new #Android game — before everyone else! Transform a word step by step, changing 1 letter or shuffling them all. Ready for the challenge? 🧩🔤
#MobileGames #PuzzleGame #BrainTraining #MindGames #IndieGame #WordPuzzle #GameDev #IndieDev

Remember Escapa? One of the first viral JavaScript games from about 25y ago. I ported it to Android in 2010. After 15 years & $22.43 in ad revenue, it’s now open-source.

Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Code: github.com/vbresan/Escapa

#JavaScript #AndroidDev #OpenSource #IndieDev

Blocking bots = reducing server costs

In the past week, my website saw 20 human visitors and a staggering 115,420 bot requests. GoogleBot isn't respecting the crawl-delay directive. Thankfully, @cloudflare.social offers an option to block overly zealous bots, allowing my website to breathe again.

Targeting #Android #SDK35? Your app UI may break due to enforced edge-to-edge layouts. Quick fix: override it in res/values-v35/themes.xml with windowOptOutEdgeToEdgeEnforcement. Minimal code, no layout chaos. ✅ Read the full instructions:
viktorbresan.blogspot.com/2025/07/andr...

#AndroidDev

Releasing a new #android game soon. #buildinpublic

YouTube video by Y Combinator How To Price For B2B | Startup School

How to price your #B2B product? Video:

➡️ Put value at 25-50% of savings/revenue
➡️ Use costs as floor, aim for 80-90% margins
➡️ Differentiate from competition, do not engage in price wars

Summary: viktorbresan.blogspot.com/2025/03/how-...
Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=4hji...

#StartupTips #SaaS

Healthy Battery Charging android app feature graphic with Hebrew text

Starting from today, #free #opensource #AndroidApp Healthy Battery Charging speaks its 20th language - #Hebrew! Thank you @weblate.org! You can grab the app on @github.com where it has been rewarded with 82 ⭐️, on #FDroid or #IzzyOnDroid. Meanwhile, Google Play suspended it.

#buildinpublic #indiedev

I have just redesigned my #Bluesky contacts export tool in dark mode. The address is tiptopbot.com

#buildinpublic

Tracking competitors, as well as relevant keywords across social networks. For that purpose built a scraper + RSS feed generator. New tech explored: #Cloudflare workers in #JavaScript and their KV (key-value) datastore.

RSS alerts running smoothly, but dedicated account is marked as probable spam.

GitHub - vbresan/HealthyBatteryCharging: Prolong the battery life of your android phone by keeping it charged between 40% and 80% Prolong the battery life of your android phone by keeping it charged between 40% and 80% - vbresan/HealthyBatteryCharging

My comment from yesterday is so yesterday. Today, Healthy Battery Charging has 79 @github.com ⭐️ and speaks 19 languages, #Galician ( #Galego) being the latest addition.

You can grab it here:
github.com/vbresan/Heal...

#buildinpublic #indiedev #android #androidapp #androiddev #free #opensource

Thriving as #free #OpenSource #AndroidApp after being kicked from Google Play , Healthy Battery Charging has collected 77 ⭐️ on @github.com and has been translated, thanks to @weblate.org, to 18 languages! Czech it out, link is below! 🇨🇿

github.com/vbresan/Heal...

#android #buildinpublic #indiedev

Thriving in the #opensource community after being suspended on Google Play. Healthy Battery Charging has collected 76 github ⭐️ in 17 languages, with German being the latest addition.

Grab the app here:
github.com/vbresan/Heal...

#buildinpublic #indiedev

Finally, someone asked Mearsheimer the right questions without giving the old man any slack out of respect or for any other reason.

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Thank you for reporting back. Since I don't use a Mac, I don't think I will be able to fix this promptly.

Which one? Option + Shift + P or Option + Shift + O?

Looks great! Thank you!

GitHub - fishttp/awesome-bluesky: A list of all known tools available for the Bluesky platform A list of all known tools available for the Bluesky platform - fishttp/awesome-bluesky

Awesome, thank you! However, I would appreciate it if you could try out the extension yourself and let me know what you think.

By the way, I'm not sure if you are familiar with the following list:
github.com/fishttp/awes...